Lindsey Vonn surprised Tiger Woods Tuesday when she brought the golfer's two children to Masters Preview Day at Augusta National Golf Club.
The kids — Sam, 7, and Charlie, 6 — were expected to caddy for their father Wednesday at The Master's Par 3 Tournament, but Tuesday's early arrival was an
extra surprise with girlfriend Vonn, Us Weekly reported. Woods shares custody of the children with ex-wife Elin Nordegren.
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Woods told The Associated Press he was excited to have his children with him.
"To now have come full circle and to have a chance to have my kids out there and be able to share that with them, it's special," he said. "Charlie has seen me win a golf tournament before. Sam, actually she was there at the U.S. Open in 2008, but doesn't remember it. It's nice to be able to share these things with my family and it just means the world to me. They are excited, I'm excited and can't wait to go out there."
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There was a time when Woods dominated golfing's premiere event, winning The Masters in 1997, 2001, 2002, and 2005, but he has not been competitive in the tournament in recent years when he's been healthy enough to play.
Woods, who has not played competitively for most of the PGA season this year, told a news conference earlier this week that he has put in a lot of time trying to
sharpen his game, according to SBNation.com.
"I worked my a** off," he said at Tuesday's news conference. "That's the easiest way to kind of describe it. I worked hard. People would never understand how much work I put into it to come back and do this again. It was sun up to sun down. Whenever I had time, free time, the kids were asleep I'd still be doing it . . . It was a lot of work."
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